Rolling Cannabis Politics Thread

srsly the only reason i thought at all about voting "no" on 64 is drug tourism. oth come on by, hippie johnies.

i wanna move to a weed state

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Everyone thinks the feds will intervene on this one. Anyone have any opinions? I am hoping O will just let it be. I am excited about how this will help CO's economy.

i wanna move to a weed state

― am0n, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 9:42 AM Bookmark Flag PostPermalink

i'm already planning a weekend trip to CO for skiing and weeding

well is anything it forces them to address the issue somewhat head on for the first time. and they see that the state does not fall apart with stoner zombies running around in the streets robbing and murdering for their fix.

Thank you, CO and WA for throwing this in the teeth of the feds and the DEA! The road to ending marijuana prohibition is still going to be long and rocky, but this was a long step toward demonstrating that voters are ready for a different, more sensible approach. The feds will surely intervene, because no doing so effectively concedes total loss of control over the issue and they aren't ready for that step.

OR's initiative was wretchedly written, but I voted for it anyway, as did approx 45% of OR voters. That is a respectable number and adds further impetus behind legalization/regulation/taxation, but politicians worship majorities, not respectable losses.

skiing and weeding

― Mordy, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:56 AM

yes

skweeding

would love to hear the conversations right now in dorm rooms nationwide: dude, i am soooo moving to colorado and i'm gonna have a house made out of weed and a car made out of weed and a dog made out of weed and i'm going to ski down mountains of weed on skis made out of weed!

Love how CNN used a green color scheme for their weed initiative infographics

i work in the CO tourism industry and i voted yes for this -- but gotta say, my boss was not into the idea of weed tourism at all, basically saying we'd lose a ton of convention business because of it. is that true? i dunno, he might just be mistake about how much people care about it.

Your boss prob thinking about droves of dirty hippies lounging around every park and street corner, passing around fatties in a haze and panhandling every passerby.

that's pretty much the way it is now, so ...

yeah hippies LOOOOVE to hang out by convention centers

[jk]

i'm moving to an (rx) weed state next month. and I have a legitimate health condition to qualify. not sure how the whole thing works. like can you just go to any doc and make a "i want teh weed" appt?

@SmokeyCloud
The elections biggest winner? Peyton Manning for buying 20 Papa Johns in Colorado a week before weed was voted legal.

xp pretty much! maybe not *any* doc, but it'd be easy to find one who would write you a prescrip.

is it seriously the case that in WA & CO you'll just be able to buy weed? it can't be, right - medical only, right?

do they charge a higher-than-normal fee for the rx? maybe they do only if it's a semi-shady doc and you don't really have a medical reason for it?

i'm moving to an (rx) weed state next month. and I have a legitimate health condition to qualify. not sure how the whole thing works. like can you just go to any doc and make a "i want teh weed" appt?

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, November 7, 2012

prob not just any doc but shouldn't be hard to find one w/ loose rx policies

Yeah it sounds like CO you can just buy weed now and there will soon be legal weed stores. ???

look for this in the window¿?

http://garyrobson.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/medical-marijuana1.jpg

my buddy wrote this story a few years back about his path to medicinal marijuana - http://www.westword.com/2009-09-10/news/medical-marijuana-is-a-pot-of-gold-for-dispensaries/
some kinda weird hoops to jump through but not a huge deal.

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loool

god I wish I could smoke weed right now

except that's utah not colorado xp

i'd be curious to see if weed tourism actually becomes a lever against federal legalization

also this will be legitimately huge imo:

skiing and weeding

― Mordy, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:56 AM

yes

― am0n, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:08 AM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it is very easy to get weed in denver, not sure about elsewhere. there are dispensaries on every corner, every street. LIKE, WAY MORE THAN I WOULD EVER EXPECT. I think all you have to do is go in and complain of your ailment and shell out $100 and they'll give you a card. Then you have to register with a dispensary. You can't just walk into any of them.

Anyway it's been good for CO on the whole, I think. I know a lot of people who are contracted growers who make money growing marijuana. Lots of retail space being leased for dispensaries.

And since we decriminalized it in 2004 (I think?) a lot of people are pretty open about smoking pot. Like, on a smoking patio at a bar it's not surprising for people to be smoking pot

when I was in CO this May a local told me there's more dispensaries in Denver than Starbucks in the whole state

the pot industry has basically saved the alt-weekly in Denver (which i linked to above), so that's an ok thing too.

Love you, Colorado.

not sure how the whole thing works. like can you just go to any doc and make a "i want teh weed" appt?

You generally go to a weed doctor and give them $100 or so and say some keywords they want to hear like "loss of appetite" or "insomnia" or whatever. Then you have to go back each year for a renewal which is generally a little cheaper.

the weed doctor

dr. weed

Weed, MD

mine's called "420 Evaluation Center"

its super easy like 0 work

Harold and Kumar Go To Colorado

mine's called "420 Evaluation Center"

so great

mine's called "medicann"

as in "yes we cann"

their site looks pretty legit!

grainy are you moving to CO? I feel like a long time ago you mentioned family in Co Springs.

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